On Saturday, May 1st I was able to run my 3rd race of this year. It was a 5k run that benefited the cure for childhood Alzheimer's disease. The race was at the Little Lehigh Parkway which is one of my very favorite places to run, and it isn't far from our house. Darin was very sweet in letting me run this race. He worked call Friday night and got home just in time for me to hand Nash over to him, give him a kiss and run out the door. It was hard for Darin to stay awake at home to be attentive to Nash so he decided to pack him up and come watch the race.
I didn't know Darin and Nash were there until about the half way point when I heard him calling my name. The funny thing about that is there was a girl I ran next to the whole race named "Christina" as well. She had friends and family through out the course cheering her on. So in my mentally focused mind (ha) I was imagining they were cheering for ME! So when I really did have two fans it caught me off guard. This next picture is of me realizing who they were and about stumbling over myself as I came back to reality! :)
It was also my strategy to have the whitest legs possible to try and blind all the competition!
This is myself passing the other "Christina." :)
I finished at 26:28. I was a little disappointed in this time since the whole week I had been running a 5k between 23 and 26 minutes. The course didn't have any mile markers and I didn't wear a watch. :( AND... I tend to talk a lot to the people around me on the course. Although this time around it was very helpful and I learned a BIG lesson. I like to uplift and encourage the people around me, so I say nice things to them as we run side by side. Sometimes I pass them, sometimes they pass me. This time around I was in the same group of people for most of the race. One girl I had been following until the last 1 mile and she started to hit her wall. So I started encouraging her to keep going. She looked at me and smiled and said "You seriously are my best friend right now!" haha, soon after I passed her (oops!) it was time to kick it in for the final stretch. As I broke away from the group I heard voices behind me saying "Do it girl!" and "Finish strong!" It was nice to have my own little cheering squad. After the race several people came up to me and said "Thank-you" for helping them out during the course. What an awesome feeling!
I ended up placing 61 over all, 9th in the 19-29 age range (male and female) and 4th female in my age range. Not to shabby!
My friend Jessica from Club Mom also ran the race. She had a baby 8 months ago and hasn't ran a race in 10 years. She is part of the weight-loss challenge I am doing and has lost over 20lbs! (I sound like a weight-loss commercial!)
Her time was 33:45. Way to go Jess!
Nash was loving all the characters walking around. This is the mascot for the "Iron Pigs" baseball team.
He decided to try out the trail as well. He currently only has one speed right now and it isn't always in the same direction you are going!
Congratulating mama after the race! It was so fun to have Darin and Nash there to cheer me on. Thank-you Darin for watching Nash so I could have a bit of "me" time! :)
I didn't know Darin and Nash were there until about the half way point when I heard him calling my name. The funny thing about that is there was a girl I ran next to the whole race named "Christina" as well. She had friends and family through out the course cheering her on. So in my mentally focused mind (ha) I was imagining they were cheering for ME! So when I really did have two fans it caught me off guard. This next picture is of me realizing who they were and about stumbling over myself as I came back to reality! :)
It was also my strategy to have the whitest legs possible to try and blind all the competition!
This is myself passing the other "Christina." :)
I finished at 26:28. I was a little disappointed in this time since the whole week I had been running a 5k between 23 and 26 minutes. The course didn't have any mile markers and I didn't wear a watch. :( AND... I tend to talk a lot to the people around me on the course. Although this time around it was very helpful and I learned a BIG lesson. I like to uplift and encourage the people around me, so I say nice things to them as we run side by side. Sometimes I pass them, sometimes they pass me. This time around I was in the same group of people for most of the race. One girl I had been following until the last 1 mile and she started to hit her wall. So I started encouraging her to keep going. She looked at me and smiled and said "You seriously are my best friend right now!" haha, soon after I passed her (oops!) it was time to kick it in for the final stretch. As I broke away from the group I heard voices behind me saying "Do it girl!" and "Finish strong!" It was nice to have my own little cheering squad. After the race several people came up to me and said "Thank-you" for helping them out during the course. What an awesome feeling!
My friend Jessica from Club Mom also ran the race. She had a baby 8 months ago and hasn't ran a race in 10 years. She is part of the weight-loss challenge I am doing and has lost over 20lbs! (I sound like a weight-loss commercial!)
Her time was 33:45. Way to go Jess!
Nash was loving all the characters walking around. This is the mascot for the "Iron Pigs" baseball team.
He decided to try out the trail as well. He currently only has one speed right now and it isn't always in the same direction you are going!
Congratulating mama after the race! It was so fun to have Darin and Nash there to cheer me on. Thank-you Darin for watching Nash so I could have a bit of "me" time! :)
2 comments:
congrats, you always seem to amaze me. I love the white legs, you got the all Cosby gene.
You aren't even breaking a sweat! Gosh.
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